Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Publicly-Traded Chain To Form New Joint Venture
Published on Fri May 05, 2017
LHC Group Inc. and Memphis-based Baptist Memorial Health Care have agreed to form a new joint venture for home health and hospice services in Tennessee and Mississippi, with possible future expansion into Arkansas. Baptist Memorial is a 17-hospital system in three states, Lafayette, La.-based LHC says in a release.
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